14 I am debtor both to the Grecians, and to the Barbarians, both to the wise men and to the unwise.

15 Therefore, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the Gospel to you also that are at [a]Rome.

16 For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ: [b]for it is the [c]power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth, to the Jew first, and also to the [d]Grecian.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 1:15 He meaneth all them that dwelt in Rome, though some of them were not Romans, see the end of the epistle.
  2. Romans 1:16 The second part of the Epistle unto the beginning of Chap. 9. Now the whole end and purpose of the disputation is this: that is to say: to show that there is but one way to attain unto salvation (which is set forth unto us of God in the Gospel, without any difference of nations) and that is Jesus Christ apprehended by faith.
  3. Romans 1:16 God’s mighty and effectual instrument to save men by.
  4. Romans 1:16 When this word Grecian, is set against this word Jew, then doth it signify a Gentile.

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